Chesterfield Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
market town and unparished area in Derbyshire, England
About Chesterfield
The name "Chester" means aRomancamp, but there's no trace of it - presumably it's somewhere under a field, if only you could find a field. It was probably just a "marching camp" or similar temporary structure. Until theMiddle Ages, Chesterfield was a hamlet and tract of farmland within the village of Newbold, which according to the Domesday Book had "six carucates and one bovate to the geld...there the king has 16 villans and one slave." Chesterfield market traded in local wool, leather and farm produce, plus salt from Cheshire. All the area's villages grew from the 18th century with the onset of theIndustrial Revolution, but Chesterfield outstripped them to become the main town. There were extensive coalfields, part of the Yorks-Derby-Notts "coal triangle" laid down in a long-ago swamp, a
Top Attractions in Chesterfield
Explore the best things to see and do in Chesterfield:
- ★Barrow Hill Roundhouse
- ★Chesterfield FC
- ★Hardwick Hall
- ★Holy Trinity Church
- ★Pomegranate Theatre
- ★Revolution House
- ★Stainsby Mill
- ★St Mary's and All Saints Church
Where to Eat in Chesterfield
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Blaze Bar & Grill
- 🍴Bottle and Thyme
- 🍴Crossroads Cafe
- 🍴Northern Tea Merchants
- 🍴Odyssey
- 🍴O-Tokuda
Where to Stay in Chesterfield
- 🏨Casa Hotel
- 🏨Ibis Chesterfield Centre
- 🏨Lambs Glamping
- 🏨Premier Inn Chesterfield North
- 🏨Premier Inn Chesterfield Town Centre
- 🏨Premier Inn Chesterfield West
Chesterfield Travel Guide Sections
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